Cover for garment hangers



H. E. HARMON COVER FOR GARMENT HANGERS Jan. 30, 1951 Filed Dec. 1'7, 1948 IN VEN TOR. HOMER E. HARMON Patented Jan. 30, 1951 COVER FOR GARMENT HANGERS Homer E. Harmon, Arlington Heights, Ohio, as-

slgnor to The Fleischer Mills, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio, a, corporation of Ohio Application December 17, 1948, Serial No. 65,922

4 Claims.

This invention relates to covers and more particularly to a soft flexible paper cover for triangular shaped garment hangers.

An object of the invention is to provide an inexpensive cover for a triangular shaped garment hanger which cover may be delivered to the user thereof in an assembled condition ready to receive a garment hanger inserted thereinthru a side edge opening.

Another object of the invention is to provide a garment hanger cover from a single sheet of soft flexible paper foldable to provide a garment hanger receptive envelope, wherein said cover is characterized by the absence of foldable flaps as heretofore used in the formation of hanger receptive envelopes.

Still a further object of the invention is to provide a cover for a garment hanger comprising duplicate triangular shaped front and rear panels integrally connected along a Side edge, the lower edges of which are permanently secured together in coplanar abutting relationship for providing an envelope opening along the other edge.

Still a further object of the invention is to provide a cover for a triangular shaped garment hanger which includes a closure or looking flap for positively securing a hanger interiorly of the cover.

Still a further object of the invention is to provide a cover for a garment hanger having the hereinabove described characteristics which may be inexpensively produced, folded and formed on a standard envelope machine, thereby eliminating the need for expensive, special machinery.

These and other objects are attained by the means hereinafter more fully described and as disclosed in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of a blank from which a cover embodying the teachings of the present invention may be fabricated.

Fig. 2 is an elevation of a completed, readyto-use cover as sold to the user thereof ready for the insertion of a garment hanger therein.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation showing the cover of Fig. 2 applied to a garment hanger housed therein.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view on line 44 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view somewhat similar to Fig. 4 but wherein locking flap 20 overlappingly engages the outer face of the rear panel of the cover.

With reference now to Figs. 1 and 2, it will be observed that the cover may be fabricated from a blank of soft flexible paper stock out to provide a pair of substantially triangular shaped duplicate front and rear panels l0 and I2 interconnected along one side defined by fold line I4. Each panel includes a lower edge 16, side edges I4 and I8. It will be noted that side edge l8 of front panel In is defined by a fold line which sets off the closing or locking flap 20 from the panel.

It should be understood that the dimensional characteristics of panels l0 and 12 are such as to facilitate the formation of an envelope struc ture as disclosed in Figs. 2 and 3 adapted to loosely receive a triangular garment hanger inserted endwise thereinto.

In fabricating the device for delivery to the user thereof, rear panel [2 may be folded about line 14 whereby to overlie front panel Ill. The lower edges of panels I0 and [2 may be permanently secured together in coplanar abutting relationship as at 40 (Figs. 4 and 5) by means of a suitable adhesive which may, if desired, be suitably applied, by way of example, as at 22 along the bottom edge of panel H]. In this connection it should be clearly understood that adhesive strip 22 could just as well be applied along the lower edge of rear panel l2. It will be observed that when the lower edges of the front and rear panels have thus been permanently secured together, the completed cover disclosed in Fig. 2 will be formed, said cover comprising a triangular shaped envelope permanently closed along bottom edge I6 and side edge l4, being open along the other side edge l8 whereby to accommodate a garment hanger inserted endwise therein.

When a hanger has been inserted into the triangular shaped envelope of Fig. 2, the upwardly inclined side legs 3t and 32 of the hanger will be disposed interiorly of side edges I4 and I8 of the cover and lower leg 34 positioned in spaced parallelism with lower edges l6, as disclosed in Fig. 3.

Flap 20 may be then folded over inclined leg 39 of the hanger and tucked or inserted down wardly between the adjacent inner faces of the inner and outer panels, as disclosed in Figs. -3

and 4. It will be observed that locking flap 20 thus completes the envelope around the hanger;

- and secures the hanger within the envelope.

cannot be removed .from the hanger without destruction thereof. If desired, the nature of adhesive 38 may be of the so-called pressure-sensitive type or of that type which requires moistening in order to render effective its adhesive characteristics.

In some instances, lock flap 2!] may be folded over inclined leg 30 of the hanger and thence folded downwardly in. overlapping relationship with the outer face of rear panel [2, as disclosed in Fig. 5. It will be understood that look flap 20 may be suitably secured to panel [2 by means of adhesive 38, or by any other suitable means, such as pinning, or the like. However, it should be understood that the cover will function quite satisfactorily even though flap Zllis not positively secured in closed or locked position illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5.

From the foregoing, it will be observed that I have provided a cover member for a garment hanger which may be inexpensively fabricated and'which is particularly well adapted'to be provided with printing completely covering the outer face of both the front and rear panels, wherein the exposed areas of said front and rear panels is not marred or interrupted by the presence of flaps, such as characterized by certain of the prior'art devices, suchas, by way of example, are disclosed-in H. Taff Patent No. 2,072,243, dated March 16, 1937.

The cover while requiring but a minimum of stockprovides an envelope or cover characterized by its utility, simplicity and effectiveness. The structural deta'ils'of the device, tho simple, providesa cover which is extremely strong and dependable since the adjacent portions of the front and rear panels are integral, continuous and defined by fold line [4. When flap 29 is disposed in the closed or locked positions illustrated in (igs. 4 and 5, leg 30 of a hanger is likewise securely engaged.

The absence of an internal or external forming flap alongside edge l4 greatly facilitates the ease with which hangers maybe inserted endwise into the envelope cover of'Fig. 2. My illustrated construction likewise enables the entire area of both front and rear panels to be fully utilized for advertising.

What is claimed is:

1. A cover for a garment hanger, comprising triangular shaped front and rear panels with one of the side edges common to both panels, means permanently securing said panels together along their respective bottom edges to form an envelope with one side edge and the bottom closed, the other side edge being open to accommodate a hanger inserted endwise, and a flap extending from the other side edge of one of the triangular panels adapted to be folded over the side edge of the other triangular panel to close said open- 2. A cover for a garment hanger, comprising duplicate tr iangular shaped front 'and rear panels with one of the legs of each of the triangles common to each other constructed and arranged to form an envelope open along one side to accommodate a hanger inserted endwise therein, and a closure flap secured to the other leg of one of said panels adjacent said opening and adapted to be folded over the leg of the other panel to secure a hanger within said envelope,

3. 'A cover for a garment hanger, comprising triangular shaped front and rear panels each including bottom and side edges, with one of the side edges being common to both panels, means permanently securing the'bottom edges of said panels together in coplanar abutting relationship for forming an envelope open along one side, a locking flap secured to the other side edge of one of said panels adjacent said open side and adapted to 'be folde d over the side edge'of the other panel 'to secure a hanger in said envelope.

1. A cover for a garment hanger, comprising a triangular shaped panel having a bottom and upwardly convergent side edges, a triangular shaped second panel-having a bottom and upwardly convergent side edges, one side edge of each panel being integral, a closure flap hinged to the other side edge of said firstpanel adapted to be folded over the side edge of the'second panel, and means permanently securing the bottom edges of said panels'in coplanar abutting relationship for providing a triangular shaped hanger receptive envelope open along one side edge.

"HOMER E. HARMON.

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